PL-400 Microsoft Power Platform Developer Training

LU1 Create a canvas app in Power Apps

Topic 1 Get started with Power Apps canvas apps 

• Introduction to Power Apps
• Power Apps building blocks
• Create your first app in Power Apps
• Ways to build Power Apps
• Power Apps related technologies
• Additional Power Apps related technologies
• Designing a Power Apps app

Topic 2 Customize a canvas app in Power Apps 

• Improve apps by making basic customizations in Power Apps
• Create a navigation model for your canvas app
• Explore screens and controls in Power Apps
• Get started with functions in Power Apps

Topic 3 How to build the UI in a canvas app in Power Apps 

• Use themes to quickly change the appearance of your app
• Branding a control
• Icons
• Images
• Personalization
• Using the tablet or phone form factors
• Create UI for a new canvas app

Topic 4 Navigation in a canvas app in Power Apps 

• Understanding navigation
• The navigation and back function
• Create navigation functions
• More ways to use the navigation function

Topic 5 Manage apps in Power Apps

• Manage app versions in Power Apps
• Share apps in Power Apps
• Understand environments in Power Apps
• Power Apps review

Topic 6 Build a mobile-optimized app from Power Apps 

• • Learn about mobile-optimized apps
• • Identify components to make a canvas app mobile-optimized
• • Create a mobile-optimized app that uses responsive designs
• • Identify performance considerations for a mobile-optimized canvas app
• • Monitor the performance of a mobile app

LU2 Create a model-driven application in Power Apps

Topic 7 How to build your first model-driven app with Dataverse

• Introduction to Dataverse
• Introduction to model-driven apps
• Model-driven apps, powered by Microsoft Dataverse
• Explore sample apps

Topic 8 Create tables in Dataverse 

• Introduction to Microsoft Dataverse
• Table characteristics
• Create a Microsoft Dataverse table
• Import data into your Microsoft Dataverse database
• Table relationships
• Create table relationships
• Dataverse logic and security
• Create a custom table and import data
• Dataverse auditing
• Dual-write vs. virtual tables

Topic 9 Get started with model-driven apps in Power Apps 

• Introducing model-driven apps
• Components of model-driven apps
• Design model-driven apps
• Control security when sharing model-driven apps
• Create a model-driven app

Topic 10 Configure forms, charts, and dashboards in model-driven apps 

• Forms overvie
• Form elements
• Configure multiple forms
• Use specialized form components
• Configure views overview
• Configure grids
• Create and edit views
• Configure charts overview
• Dashboards overview
• Use interactive streams and tiles

LU3 Work with Microsoft Power Platform tenants, environments, subscriptions, and Dynamics 365 apps

Topic 11 Manage Microsoft Power Platform deployments

• Strategy and vision
• Plan your deployment
• Secure deployments
• Determine storage requirements
• Manage authentication
• Connect and authenticate to data source

Topic 12 Administer Microsoft Power Platform subscriptions 

• Manage users with Microsoft 365 admin center
• Manage your environment with Power Platform admin center
• Manage storage
• Manage updates
• Manage apps with Power Platform admin center
• Provision a portal

LU4 Automate a business process using Power Automate

Topic 13 Get started with Power Automate 

• Introducing Power Automate
• Create your first flow
• Create recurring flows
• Monitor incoming emails
• Share flows

Topic 14 Build approval flows with Power Automate 

• Provide solutions to real-world scenarios.
• Build an approval request
• Build a flow that processes an approval request
• Learn to build a flow that runs at recurring time intervals
• Create a business process flow
• Create a business process flow that has conditions

Topic 15 Build flows to manage user information 

• Build a flow that uses information like locations or date
• Build a flow accepts user input when run
• Create a flow that blocks time on your calendar

Topic 16 Power Automate's deep integration across multiple data sources 

• Build a flow that runs when an event in Dynamics 365 occurs
• Build a flow that uses SQL
• Integrate Power Apps, Power Automate, and SharePoint
• Monitor flows

Topic 17 Use the Admin center to manage environments and data policies in Power Automate 

• Administer flows
• Export and import flows
• Learn how to distribute button flows

Topic 18 Use AI Builder in Power Automate 

• Introduction to AI Builder usage in Power Automate
• AI Builder in Power Automate saves time
• Use AI Builder actions in Power Automate
• Advanced usage of AI Builder in Power Automate

Topic 19 Optimize your business process with process advisor 

• Get familiar with process advisor
• Create your first recording
• Edit recordings and group actions
• Analyze recordings and interpret results
• Automation recommendations

LU5 Create and use analytics reports with Power BI

Topic 20 Get started building with Power BI 

• Use Power BI
• Building blocks of Power BI
• Tour and use the Power BI service

Topic 21 Get data with Power BI Desktop

• Overview of Power BI Desktop
• Explore Power BI Desktop
• Connect to data sources
• Get data from Excel
• Transform data to include in a report
• Combine data from multiple sources
• Clean data to include in a report

Topic 22 Model data in Power BI 

• Introduction to modeling your data
• How to manage your data relationships
• Create calculated columns
• Optimize data models
• Create measures
• Create calculated tables
• Explore time-based data

Topic 23 Use visuals in Power BI 

• Introduction to visuals in Power BI
• Create and customize simple visualizations
• Create slicers
• Map visualizations
• Matrices and tables
• Create scatter, waterfall, and funnel charts
• Modify colors in charts and visuals
• Page layout and formatting

Topic 24 Explore data in Power BI 

• Introduction to the Power BI service
• Quick insights in Power BI
• Create and configure a dashboard
• Ask questions of your data with natural language
• Create custom Q&A suggestions
• Share dashboards with your organization
• Display visuals and tiles in full screen
• Edit tile details and add widgets
• Get more space on your dashboard

Topic 25 Publish and share in Power BI 

• Introduction to using workspaces
• Publish Power BI Desktop reports
• Print and export dashboards and reports
• Introducing Power BI Mobile
• Create workspaces in Power BI
• Build apps
• Use apps
• Integrate OneDrive for Business with Power BI
• Publish to web

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Minimum Entry Requirement

Knowledge and Skills

• Able to operate using computer functions
• Minimum 3 GCE ‘O’ Levels Passes including English or WPL Level 5 (Average of Reading, Listening, Speaking & Writing Scores)

Attitude

• Positive Learning Attitude
• Enthusiastic Learner

Experience

• Minimum of 1 year of working experience.

Target Age Group: 18-65 years old

Minimum Software/Hardware Requirement

Software:

• Raspberry Pi 4

Hardware: Window or Mac Laptops

• Power Platform Developer
• Software Developer
• Application Developer
• Systems Analyst
• Data Analyst
• Business Intelligence Developer
• IT Consultant
• Solutions Architect
• Database Developer
• CRM Developer
• Cloud Developer
• Full Stack Developer
• Mobile App Developer
• Front End Developer
• Back End Developer

Sanjiv Venkatram: Sanjiv i is an ACTA certified experienced leader with a proven track record in business / finance consulting and in developing i) business intelligence (BI) solutions ii) data analytics/analysis solutions and iii) IOT lead BI solutions. Sanjiv's goal through Prudentia Consulting, is to promote the simple joy and excitement of actively using the Microsoft Platform. He believes that the agility afforded by the Microsoft platform helps businesses get time back for deeper business thinking and to spend more time with their end customers

Sanjiv has rich experiences in diverse/complex high-tech businesses, turn around environments and strategic transformations. His functional expertise is in sales analytics, financial planning and analysis, engineering and program management. He has worked across discrete manufacturing, professional services and higher education verticals. He also has a working knowledge of equities portfolio management within the financial services domain.Sanjiv is the CEO of Prudentia Consulting, an organization committed to promoting the active usage of the Microsoft Platform. Prior to this, he has worked at Microsoft (US & APAC: 9.2 years), Cognizant Tech Solutions (3.3 years), Yazaki North America (8 years) and until recently at Oracle. Here are a few of his BI/analytics projects driven at scale: Built APAC wide BI dashboard using the Power BI umbrella tool set (Power BI online, Power BI desktop and Power Pivot) and a KPI lake (SQL DB), Helped develop key KPIs – identified key KPIs and helped land this in the DB, Developed a budget audit tool that captured budget inputs from a host of countries across the globe, Developed a business unit P&L reporting tool (functional architecture) in Business Objects for the world-wide financial planning and analysis team.

Alec Tan: Alec Tan is a ACTA certified trainer, He has a number of Comptia certifications. Since 2002, starting off from IT technical background to pre-sales, sales account manager, system integration, operate IT retail / repair shop business in Sim Lim Square 2008 ~ 2012, and back to IT industry employment, freelance IT Trainer till present.

Kishan Raaj: Kishan Raaj is a seasoned Data Science and SAP Program Manager with over 15 years of experience, currently leading all end-to-end training and projects for Data Science across Asia at LITHAN, Singapore. With expertise in machine learning, data analytics, and cloud technologies, he is well-versed in techniques such as regression, decision trees, clustering, and text mining. He has hands-on experience with tools like Python, R, Tableau, PowerBI, and Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio.
As an ACTA certified trainer, Kishan has designed and delivered comprehensive courses for SAP and Data Science programs, managing teams and training in multiple countries, including Singapore, Malaysia, China, India, and Vietnam. His background in SAP, particularly in S4/HANA and ABAP, combined with his expertise in machine learning libraries such as TensorFlow and Keras, positions him as a highly capable leader in technical education and project management across various industries.

Quah Chee Yong: Quah Chee Yong is a ACTA certified trainer. Quah Chee Yong Chee Yong is an experienced professional who has held various Technical, Operations and Commercial positions across several industriesA firm believer that AI can create a better world, he has equipped himself with the Knowledge and Skills in the fields of Data Science, Machine Learning, Deep Learning and Cloud Deployment

He has a deep passion for training & facilitating and is currently a Singapore WSQ certified Adult Educator. He particularly enjoys the interactive engagements with his fellow trainers and learners

Peter Cheong :  Peter is a ACLP certied trainer. Specialise In IT related knowlege and conduct IT Training which Include Microsoft Window Server Technology (Wintel) and Linux - Centos/Red Hat. Comptia ,ITIL , Motorola Solution Trunking System and Cisco Networking. I was worked in Motorola Solutions Conduct Motorola Astro 25 Trunking System For Police Force Malaysia (RMPnet),Taiwan Navy, Indonesia METRO POLDA (Police Force). After that Peter Join As IT Group Manager For W-Group which include 17 subsidiaries Companies in Real Estate Developer,Plantation, Building Management Services ,Contruction and also Fiber Opti Service Provider in Sabah,Malaysia.

Alan Tan: Alan Tan is a ACTA certified trainer. Alan Tan hold Masters in Data Science in Singapore University of Technology and Design. He is Microsoft Power Platform PL-900 certified and Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals  Certified DP-900. He have this skills in Microsoft Power Platform development skills such as Powerapps, Power Automate,Power Portal, Power Virtual Agent, Power BI, Sharepoint, Dataverse, etc. For Programming language such as Python and Robotics Process Automation (RPA) development. He is working as a Senior Data Engineer in an MNC.

Bernard Peh: Bernard Peh is a Business Development Director and ACTA certified trainer with over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry. He has held key leadership roles and integrated technology, digital marketing, and data science to drive growth in sales, recruitment, and financial planning. As a mentor, Bernard has developed many successful financial professionals who have achieved top industry accolades like TOT, COT, and MDRT.

With deep expertise in data science, Bernard has advised firms and designed training programs for institutions like NTUC Learning Hub. He continues to apply data science to collective funds, achieving exceptional results such as a 400% increase in assets under management, while empowering financial professionals with technology-driven solutions.

Ken Hiong: Ken Hiong is a ACTA certified trainer. Ken has over 20 years of work experience in the healthcare and pharmaceutical industry, having assumed various functional and managerial roles in sales, marketing, business development, finance, business analysis and planning. With an interest and experience in scripting, Ken has worked on projects using HTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL, WordPress, MS Office, VBA, Power BI, etc. Notably, Ken is a proven expert Excel user at work who has made efficient many work processes, improved data analysis and enhanced the quality of business planning and reporting for organizations.

Ken graduated with a Pharmacy degree, holds a Master of Business Administration from the National University of Singapore and a Master of Applied Finance from the University of Adelaide. An ardent advocate of lifelong learning, Ken is ACTA trained and seeks to continually upgrade his IT skills through various channels of learning and Microsoft certifications. With MS Office Master qualification, Ken looks forward to assisting individuals and corporations improve their computer skills, productivity and business outcomes.

Audrey Lin : Audrey Lin is a ACTA certified trainer. She is a Business Development Director at Gill Technologies, an IT Consulting and Managed Services Provider focused at servicing SMEs. I'm responsible for the operations, sales, marketing, accounting, and finance functions of the organization. She have 13 years of experience in helping businesses and schools maximize their Return on Investment on IT through the use of the right technology, improving their business processes and increasing user adoption. My expertise is around Microsoft 365, MS Teams and Power BI. To help organizations improve employee productivity with tools from the MS 365 stack, she have delivered several classroom & online-styled end user training sessions to organizations from various industries - real estate, F&B, oil & gas, healthcare, schools, logistics. I have also created multiple customized & on-demand videos that end users can refer to for a quick review. Being certified as a Microsoft Data Analyst Associate, She is proficient at helping businesses gather business insights from their wide array of data. She have been involved in BI Projects with healthcare firms, logistics companies, FIs, etc., starting from the design phase, right through to the daily management of the BI system. Her area of knowledge in managing security and compliance in MS 365 is significant and ever-growing. She have good understanding of the Zero Trust Principle and uses that to improve the IT security posture of her clients. With the support of her engineering team at Gill Technologies, we use cloud-based management tools from MS 365, namely Intune, Endpoint Manager, Defender, etc. to manage our clients' endpoints.